Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-09


| lying south of it. Immense tracts of
these lands are leased from the state for
| pastures and are under fence, the greater
portion of it being fair grazing lands,
! and much Of it giving promise of devel-
! oping into fine farming tracts in future.
These lands are upon the market for pur-
chase by men who will settle on them,
snd are also IN the market subject 10
! lease for grazing or other purposes,
Watered tracts and all. Ownership of
] the land can only be obtained by sctual
/ settlement and purchase, at So per sore,
| in quantities 10 each individual Of not
more than g seCtiOn-640 acres
OF the land having water and 81 per acre
! for dry land, of which settler may Guy
/ four sections. One-fourth, one-half or
/ three-fOurths of g section merely may be
taken. The object of the terms in put
1 ting this land on the market Tor sale is
/ expressly to win settlement, go declared;
and the requirements binding on the pur-
chaser are set forth in an oath to which
| he is compelled to subscribe, that he de-
sires the land for 8 homestesd; that he
| will move on the land in ninety days and
reside on and improve it for three years;
that he is not acquiring it for any one
/ but himself, that he is twenty-One years
of age; that the interest will be paid
yearly, and the principal within forty
! years, in yearly payments.
/ Immense tracts are owned by railroads,
aud other large and small bodies are
owned by corporations or individuals
! who bought them from the state or were
granted them before the passage of laws
! like the present. Many Of these LANDS
may be bought on easy terms either in
large or smell quantities, by men who
merely want to make 3 judicious invest
ment or by home seekers. These will
afford some splendid chances in the near
future for speculation and profit,
and this will be one of the fruit
full sources which are going short
Iy to bring the Panhandle its tremendous
real estate boom. That the advent of SO
mapy railroads and the influx of vast
number of immigrants and the develop
ment OF the country and the upbuilding
of towns will enhance the value OF landed
properties largely, that it will much more
than double them in the next two years,
does not need even the proof which a
reference TO other countries history
would furnish.
VIII the plains be seasonable? How
were Kansas and Nebraska few years
age? How was Texas clear to her east
ern counties q few years ago? Do not
cultivation and vegetation and the growth
of trees bring more sessonable seasons?
Readers, do not make the common mis-
take of supposing the Panhandle to be q
great desert. Do not imagine it to be
barren, for in dry times these same
plains grow grasses that nod like broad
meadows and supply the herds That mum
Elliott signal service statistics show that
the rainfall has been gradually increasing
for recent years, and what does this mean
if not that the seasons Will be here when
the farmers are. That grass grows indi-
Gates that cereals, wheat, oats, rye, bar
lev, millet, ETC., will grow in the same
place; and the success which has crowned
all efforts in this MISUNDERSTANDING
oats, millet and alfalfa, and even COTn-
tell something of the possibilities. Tame
fruits will grow because all kinds of wild
fruits, plums, grapes and berries in many
varieties grow. Wells may have TO be
sunk to considerable depths in
places, but not deeper than many farmers
dig in old countries. Inexhaustible sup
plies of water have been found on these
plains at from eighty to hundred and
twenty feet. An Idea has been shown to
prevail abroad that the stockmen OF the
| Panhandle oppose settlement and will
make il unpleasant for immigrants. It is
neither in their power nor their inclina-
/ ton 20 do so. Nobody is better aware
| than they that they must eventually give
way for q multitude of smaller cattlemen
and actual settlers, and when the time
comes they will not oppose the tide. The
men who have large landed possessions
and such the cattlemen have at present
! will vie with the state in disposing
of them in small tracts and giving lib
! eral terms to purchasers. StoCkmen at
present are Of the opinion that this COM
! ING immigration will, by creating q de-
mand for their lands furnish them more
profitable business than stockrsising,
and make their lands too valuable for
mere grazing. That they are right in this
| opinion there is no room for doubt.
4 pest which troubles other sections
OF the west and southwest, the prairie
dog, is not found in any numbers, is
scarcely found st all, on the plains any
where. This pesky yarmint keeps nearer
to the rivers and rocky pisteaus.
For the man who seeks his home in the
Panhandle with even limited means, if
he has few cows, good teams, enough
supplies so that first failure would not
starve him out, that man IN few years
will have an independent income, lordly
estate, Increasing t1OCks and herds, wav-
ing fields, blooming orchards, handy
markets, no scarcity of neighbors, and
al the COnYeniences and contentment of
home arranged by himself and to his
tastes. For the man whose condition
is such as that there is no
reason for moments hesita-
ton. Stock farming stock raising
in connection with crops-is the only
method of agriculture; and the man who
has the good judgment to agree with this
idea and adopt it will find no fsirer field
for operation than this same Panhandle |
of Texas. Here he will find that land is |
yet plenty and cheap; ne will find that the |
earth responds to every effort, that the |
fsirest and broadest domain on Gods |
footstool bids him take choice; that the |
very atmosphere braces and multiplies !
his energies; that health never forsakes: |
that springs run clear and pure, and that |
grass grows and flowers bloom perennial |
Is this the kind of home you seek? If |
not, no harm is done; if SO, danger at
tends delay.
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Advice TO nIafrers,